Main Street Music Lessons has a tuition-based payment policy. Lesson payments are based on monthly enrollment rather than attendance, with few exceptions as follows:
CANCELLATIONS AND CREDITS
1 - Teacher cancellations will be credited.
2 - Severe weather/school snow days will usually be credited.*
However, roads are often clear by afternoon, so discuss with your teacher on a case by case basis.
3 - School holidays/school vacations may be deducted.*
Some teachers still offer lessons on school holidays or on vacation weeks, so discuss with you teacher at
the beginning of the month if you are available for lessons.
4 - Emergency or dire circumstances will be credited - Death in family, hospitalization etc.
ALL OTHER cancellations or missed lessons will be charged
RATES)
The lesson rate is $28 per ½ hour. If you are enrolled in typical weekly ½ hour lessons, then the charge is either $112 or $140 per month depending on how many weeks in that month.
**If you have a credited lesson from the previous month, please still pay your teacher on the FIRST lesson of the month and deduct the agreed upon credit from your full month payment.
Many of our instructors make their living from teaching and performing. Consider the difficulty in budgeting if you were to get paid at random times each month. Please be considerate of our dedicated teachers and either send full payment with your child, or bring payment on the FIRST lesson of each month.
FOR THE PARENTS)
Special needs and considerations)
We understand and recognize HIPAA protected health privacy rules, but if possible we encourage you to inform your teacher of any special needs, disabilities or behavioral issues, for the sole purpose of better helping your student set and achieve reasonable goals.
Learning an instrument takes commitment and practice
Children are rarely self motivated and will need support and encouragement at home. Our teachers are equipped to guide students to success and continued improvement, but most all of the work takes place at home. The progress of the student is directly proportional to how much time is spent at home on the instrument doing constructive assigned tasks and exercises toward developing skills.
At some point too little practice is just treading water and time and money is wasted rehashing the previous week's assignment in the next lesson. Part of each week should be spent working on something new and challenging. Try to establish some kind of practice regimen every day.
Ideally there should be a practice area set up with a music stand, and the instrument should be out of the case on a stand etc, ready to pick up and practice. Having the instrument out, ready and available, encourages more impromptu practice sessions than leaving it in the case under the bed or in the closet etc.
Playing an instrument is a physical and mental activity, you cannot make progress without regular practice. Some time every day is better than a long session one or two days per week. Part of learning an instrument is training muscles which cannot be done effectively in random or infrequent practice sessions.
Learning curve
When beginning an instrument there are entry level challenges, usually physical limitations which will often take a few months to level out. There may be sore fingers or muscles, instruments will feel awkward to hold, exercises seem difficult or impossible, music terms are foreign etc. We highly encourage parents to help their child commit until this time passes. This varies for each student but plan on a few months of practice before things start feeling easier. It's always unfortunate to see a child quit because it’s “too hard,” as almost every musician feels that way in the beginning.
Productive time on instrument = Progress
It’s that simple, the more time you practice the faster you get good! The better you get, the more fun and rewarding it is!
Student Discounts
Current enrolled students receive a 10% discount on all store merchandise with the exception of consignment sales and labor rates in the repair shop. If you have any questions regarding these policies, please feel free to discuss them with owners Steve Grenier or Arthur Melendy.
1 - Teacher cancellations will be credited.
2 - Severe weather/school snow days will usually be credited.*
However, roads are often clear by afternoon, so discuss with your teacher on a case by case basis.
3 - School holidays/school vacations may be deducted.*
Some teachers still offer lessons on school holidays or on vacation weeks, so discuss with you teacher at
the beginning of the month if you are available for lessons.
4 - Emergency or dire circumstances will be credited - Death in family, hospitalization etc.
ALL OTHER cancellations or missed lessons will be charged
RATES)
The lesson rate is $28 per ½ hour. If you are enrolled in typical weekly ½ hour lessons, then the charge is either $112 or $140 per month depending on how many weeks in that month.
- Tuition is prepaid monthly at first lesson of the month
- One hour lessons are $56/hour, so adjust accordingly
- All of our teachers accept either cash or check for payment. Some teachers also accept Venmo, Paypal, Cashapp, Etc. Discuss with your teacher at time of enrollment.
- *When paying by check, make checks payable to your teacher, not Main Street Music Lessons.
- No refunds - Any empty lesson slot costs our staff and business income, so please inform your teacher at least two weeks ahead if you are going to stop or postpone lessons so they can arrange to fill the slot or rearrange their schedule.
- Lessons are charged on a per student basis.
- Due to our constant waiting list our teachers cannot hold unpaid lesson slots open for more than a week.
**If you have a credited lesson from the previous month, please still pay your teacher on the FIRST lesson of the month and deduct the agreed upon credit from your full month payment.
Many of our instructors make their living from teaching and performing. Consider the difficulty in budgeting if you were to get paid at random times each month. Please be considerate of our dedicated teachers and either send full payment with your child, or bring payment on the FIRST lesson of each month.
FOR THE PARENTS)
Special needs and considerations)
We understand and recognize HIPAA protected health privacy rules, but if possible we encourage you to inform your teacher of any special needs, disabilities or behavioral issues, for the sole purpose of better helping your student set and achieve reasonable goals.
Learning an instrument takes commitment and practice
Children are rarely self motivated and will need support and encouragement at home. Our teachers are equipped to guide students to success and continued improvement, but most all of the work takes place at home. The progress of the student is directly proportional to how much time is spent at home on the instrument doing constructive assigned tasks and exercises toward developing skills.
At some point too little practice is just treading water and time and money is wasted rehashing the previous week's assignment in the next lesson. Part of each week should be spent working on something new and challenging. Try to establish some kind of practice regimen every day.
Ideally there should be a practice area set up with a music stand, and the instrument should be out of the case on a stand etc, ready to pick up and practice. Having the instrument out, ready and available, encourages more impromptu practice sessions than leaving it in the case under the bed or in the closet etc.
Playing an instrument is a physical and mental activity, you cannot make progress without regular practice. Some time every day is better than a long session one or two days per week. Part of learning an instrument is training muscles which cannot be done effectively in random or infrequent practice sessions.
Learning curve
When beginning an instrument there are entry level challenges, usually physical limitations which will often take a few months to level out. There may be sore fingers or muscles, instruments will feel awkward to hold, exercises seem difficult or impossible, music terms are foreign etc. We highly encourage parents to help their child commit until this time passes. This varies for each student but plan on a few months of practice before things start feeling easier. It's always unfortunate to see a child quit because it’s “too hard,” as almost every musician feels that way in the beginning.
Productive time on instrument = Progress
It’s that simple, the more time you practice the faster you get good! The better you get, the more fun and rewarding it is!
Student Discounts
Current enrolled students receive a 10% discount on all store merchandise with the exception of consignment sales and labor rates in the repair shop. If you have any questions regarding these policies, please feel free to discuss them with owners Steve Grenier or Arthur Melendy.
Thank you for your support of music and your local business!
